COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The Florida Supreme Court is hearing a request from three drunken driving defendants for access to software for breath testing machines. …

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) _ Hundreds of people, including some of Michigan's political elite, gathered Monday to celebrate the late Rosa Parks on what would have …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Enid Shomer has won the 2013 Florida Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing. The Florida Humanities Council announced the award Monday. It …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ With his gun proposals dividing Congress, President Barack Obama conceded Monday the challenges he faces in winning support for measures ranging from …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Federal health officials gave Florida the green light to enroll long-term care patients into a statewide Medicaid privatization program. But …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida's top election official wants more time and more places for early voting. Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Monday gave …

DETROIT (AP) _ American consumers ignored tax increases and tromped through the winter chill to buy new cars and trucks at an unusually strong pace …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed a seasoned humanitarian worker to serve as his Acting Special Representative in Haiti to …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ MONTGOMERY _ A group of lawmakers and others will have a news conference to announce legislation being introduced to exonerate the …